At the height of the Cold War, US spy satellites photographed a mysterious 300-foot Soviet craft unlike anything intelligence analysts had seen before. Nicknamed the "Caspian Sea Monster," the massive ...
New images of the Chinese ekranoplan show the presence of underwing weapons pylons, suggesting a strike role in addition to rapid support and resupply for amphibious operations in the South China Sea.
Sixty years after a Soviet nightmare, China has launched its own version. Does the drone age make it a monster—or a target?